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Why doesn't NASA use the Hubble telescope to explore our own solar system more often?
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Likely because for most of the larger objects in our solar system, we already have better imagery from interplanetary spacecraft than Hubble can provide.
For example, we have close-up photos of Saturn and it rings and moons, and of Mars, and Venus, and now Mercury, and Jupiter. In contrast, the best Hubble photo of Pluto and its moon Charon resolves them as reddish-white glowing balls. The New Horizons space probe will reach Pluto in 2015 for close-up imagery.
For example, we have close-up photos of Saturn and it rings and moons, and of Mars, and Venus, and now Mercury, and Jupiter. In contrast, the best Hubble photo of Pluto and its moon Charon resolves them as reddish-white glowing balls. The New Horizons space probe will reach Pluto in 2015 for close-up imagery.
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